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European Journal of Echocardiography 2006 7(4):264-267; doi:10.1016/j.euje.2006.04.001
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Copyright © 2006, The European Society of Cardiology

The European Association of Echocardiography – and the future of European echocardiography

Alan G. Frasera,* and Petros Nihoyannopoulosb

aPresident, European Association of Echocardiography, European Society of Cardiology
bPresident-Elect, European Association of Echocardiography, European Society of Cardiology

* Corresponding author. Tel.: +44 29 2074 3489; fax: +44 29 2074 3500. fraserag@cardiff.ac.uk

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The European Association of Echocardiography is now three years old. In our short life we have taken great strides, but many challenges and opportunities remain. This is a good time to take stock of our achievements and reflect on priorities for the next stages of our development – hopefully from sturdy toddler to vigorous youth!


   Euroecho
 
The decision to establish a major annual conference was the crucial step in our development from the Working Group on Echocardiography of the ESC, ultimately into the EAE, and the Euroecho meeting remains the jewel in our crown. In Florence last December we had a record attendance of almost 2900 participants from 82 countries, including a record number from industry. More abstracts than ever before were submitted (about 1100) and so the standard for acceptance was raised while the absolute number of presentations also increased. All these figures are gratifying since they explain the increasingly . . . [Full Text of this Article]


   Future of cardiovascular imaging
 

   Education and accreditation
 

   Guidelines
 

   National societies and communication
 

   Logistic and strategic challenges
 

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